Eleven Squared

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• heron 🤓3:40 · 2024-03-19T16:49:50.056Z

  nice puzzle! not sure the clue for LIANE is accurate--wikipedia says it's LIANA. liked PERSNICKETY, and the inclusion of PARIS and FRANCE, although there were many names i didn't know, which made this harder.

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  • John Cowlishaw constructor · 2024-03-19T23:19:56.866Z

    Thanks, Heron, for taking the time to respond. Looks like "liane" is a less-used variant of "liana."
    I had been looking forward to using "persnickety,' and the clue for "France."

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    • John Cowlishaw constructor · 2024-03-20T12:29:17.585Z

      I also grinned to note that you have been experimenting with the variety of grid sizes also, as I have.

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      • heron 🤓3:40 · 2024-03-24T17:39:33.929Z

        yep--it's interesting what grid shapes are possible with each grid size :)

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• Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:32 · 2024-03-19T23:35:37.500Z

  I agree with @heron on 13A, though it's been clued as such four times in the NYT (out of 15 appearances), per XWordInfo. My go-to association would be LIANE Hansen of NPR, and apparently there is an actor, an author, and "Eric Cartman's mom on 'South Park'".

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  • John Cowlishaw constructor · 2024-03-20T12:30:29.464Z

    I see your point. I avoided Liane Hansen as thinking that not enough people would connect that. But I guess that's just as true of "the vine."

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• AuLeaf 🤓2:12 · 2024-03-20T04:04:49.966Z

  PERSNICKETY was fun for sure; I also liked the clue for CLEVER. Nice pun from Mr. Fields!

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  • John Cowlishaw constructor · 2024-03-20T12:30:42.824Z

    Thanks.

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